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Shortbread Cookies

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 / about 16 shortbread strips or wedges

Against 433 shortbread recipes

More butter than 84% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More butter than 84% of recipes: 95% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
Butter: 95%, 85th percentileSugar: 47%, 67th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0.6%, 61st percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 16 tablespoons (227g) salted butter, at cool room temperature*227 g
  • 1 cup (113g) confectioners' sugar113 g
  • 2 teaspoons King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 8 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract, optional, or the flavor of your choice≈ 1.1 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon table salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 2 cups (240g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour240 g
  • 3/4 cup (128g) semisweet chocolate or bittersweet chocolate, chopped128 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • chopped nuts or flaky sea salt, for sprinklingn/a

flour 240 gbatter 719 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 433 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Butter95% · 85th percentile
  • Sugar47% · 67th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0.6% · 61st percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
35 to 40 minutes
median 18 minutes

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